Improved railway-rail chair



am@ eine antrittl @time FREDERICK NIOKLIN, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORTO HIMSELF AND I 'REUBEN WILLIS, OF SAME PLACE.

Latas Patent No. 95,928, dated october 19, i869.

.IMPROVED RAILWAY-RAIL CHAIR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK NICKLIN, of Troy, in the county ofRensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedRailroad-Chair and Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specication, in which-Figure l is a vertical cross-section of my improved chair, showing itapplied to the rails.

Figure 2 is the same view as g.1,showug a slight modification ofthechair.

Figure 3 is a top view, illustrating the application rolled with aflange or lip, forming a groove along one edge of its upper side, toreceive the base-flange of the rail, as shown in figs. l and 2.

The part A is formed withV a longitudinal corrugation, a2, upon itsunder side, and also with an upwardly-projecting ange, as, along theouter edge of its other side, forming a longitudinal corrugation orgroove beneath the other flange or" the rail.

B is the other part of the chair, which is formed with a flange or lip,b l, along its upper side, forming a groove to receive the ange of therail.

vIhe lower side of the part B is so formed as to lit over the groovedpart a of the part A, and, with a downwardly-projecting flange, to enterthe groove of the said .part A, as shown in figs. l and 2.

O is a wedge,which is formed in two parts, tapering in oppositedirections, asI shown in g. 3, so that when driven into the groove orcorrugation of the part A, between the flanges a and b2, the parts A andB may be bound closely together, clamping the ends of the rails securelybetween them.

The outer edges of the parts of the wedges C may be bevelled oli", asshown intig. 1.

The adjacent edges of the parts of the wedge O, near one end, may benotched, as shown `in ig. 3, so that when driven in tightly, a nail orother square piece of iron may be inserted in the said notches, so 'asto securely lock the wedge C in place, and prevent the possibility ofits working out or loose.

If desired, the anges a and b2 may be widened, so as to meet each otherwhen the parts of the chair are driven vinto place, and clamp the rails,without the interposition of the wedge O, as shown in tig. 2.

The chair or coupling A B should be about eight inches long, or aboutthe length of an ordinary chair.

This construction allows the parts of the chair to be rolled whendesired, so that the chair maybe rolled or cast, as may be mostconvenient. A

Having thus described my invention,

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A railroad-chair in two parta-whose internal faces are shaped asdescribed, in combination with two keys, with reversed inclinations ontheir 'coincident sides', the said elements being tted together, as andfor the purpose specified.

W'itnesses: FREDERICK NIOKLIN.

JOHN lYnr'ro, REUBEN WILLIS.

